Has your doctor recommended cytogenetic test for your eyes after he has diagnosed a tumor in them? Are you unaware about what the study is and what it does? We hope that after reading through this, you will be helped. Take a brief explanation of the study in simple words made easy for you to understand.

The cytogenetic test basically depends upon the fluoroscence technique known as FISH. This technique aims at adding fluorscent tags to the metaphase (a stage in cell division) chromosomes. This helps to study the different genes present in the chromosome and this helps to identify any mutation or anomaly in them.

So clearly in cases of uveitis melanoma or eye cancer, a cytogenetic study can reveal any anomaly formed due to the cancer or it may diagnose a patient to be affected. In case of uveitis melanoma it is well known, that it affects the uveal tract namely iris, ciliary body and choroid. With more formation of tumours in the anterior or posterior part of the eye.

March 26th, 2009 Researchers and physicians from Texas Children’s Cancer Center, the Children’s Cancer Hospital at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, the Methodist Hospital and Baylor College of Medicinea, have came together to to create the Retinoblastoma Centre of Houston to treat children who are suffering from the dreaded eye cancer.

August 2nd, 2005 Doctors in the United Kingdom have determined that patients suffering from cancer affecting their eye can usually avoid visual handicap, loss of the eye and spread of the disease by receiving proton beam radiation therapy, according to a new study published in the August 1, 2005 issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, the official journal of ASTRO, the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology. Of the 346 patients who had the ability to count fingers before treatment began, 79.1 percent of them retained that ability at the five year mark.

November 6th, 2006 A new locally applied treatment for the eye cancer retinoblastoma has been developed by scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and demonstrated in a mouse model to cause a remarkable reduction in the size of the tumor, without causing the side effects common with standard chemotherapy.

October 4th, 2006 The antibiotic doxycycline is proving an effective treatment for a lymphoma of the eye linked to chlamydia infection, Italian researchers report. This cancer of the eyelids and related tissues is called "ocular adnexal lymphoma of the MALT-type" (OAL).

October 31st, 2008 Regular eye check-up is an important factor as it may help in detecting many diseases in their earlier stage, says eye experts. And this major point is been backed up by another incident of Maureen Routley, 66.

March 12th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Blinking frequently while sitting in front of the computer helps reduce the risk of dry eyes from prolonged use, say researchers. Keshia Sims Elder, assistant professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Optometry, has revealed the blinking frequently helps keeps the front surface of the eye moist.

October 19th, 2006 Researchers at West Virginia University have tracked the origins of a form of eye cancer, Uveal Melanoma, that often leads to the removal of the eye and death. The research may lead to new treatments for the cancer, said Joginder Nath, professor of genetics and developmental biology at WVU.

January 13th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Researchers have discounted the possibility of a link between the use of mobile phones and the risk of eye cancer or melanoma. Although there is no direct link between exposure to radio waves and DNA damage, which can cause cancer, studies have examined whether mobile phone use and melanoma of the eye are associated.